Austin Kelmore
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Austin Kelmore
@austinkelmore.com
Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder and active member of @gameworkers.co.uk and @gameworkersolidarity.com.

Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.

https://www.austinkelmore.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I really do think this is true.

Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've been reading the latest book by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social which seems very apt right now considering... *gestures around* everything going on.
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If anyone is in or around Glasgow on Saturday and wants to hear me talk about my most recent essay on Video Game Worker Unions and Revolution, I'd love to see you there!

notesfrombelow.org/article/vide...

6pm at Broadside in Glasgow!
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm unsuccessfully trying to slim down the number books I'm thinking of taking on vacation next week.

Have any of you read some of these? Are any of these books a must-read?
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I went to the anarchist book fair in London yesterday and only bought one book!

Was it restraint? Or was it that I already had many of the books I saw? Who can say.
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
September 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking, and insightful books I have read in a long, long time.

It has transformed how I think of the world and I will be thinking about what I've learned for years to come.
September 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Maybe this'll cheer you up a bit.
September 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I am excited to read these.
September 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It's so cool to see my name printed in a book. Just absolutely over the moon from this.
September 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Lazy weekend energy. They don't even pay rent!
August 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
August 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Went climbing this evening and saw this moody teenager on the way home.
August 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I let some of the artichokes I'm growing in the garden bloom, and the bumble butts have taken to sleeping in the radiant purple thistles that come up.

We saw five bumble butts in one artichoke once!
August 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
August 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm in London this weekend so swung by the @iwgbunion.bsky.social office to work out of it for a bit.

I get so much energy from being around others helping to make things better for workers across the UK.
August 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Got a new shipment of books from @haymarketbooks.org.

Already started Perfect Victims, and it's gooooood.
July 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today was a pretty chill day.
July 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Brothers and best friends.
July 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Someone asked me why game workers haven't unionized if our conditions are so bad. These charts are why.

We have collectively lost the knowledge, skill, and willingness to organize and strike. We have to rebuild those, and that takes time.
July 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Mike says he doesn't have an answer for what to do about the current state of the games industry, but I have one that will help.
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I mean, come on.
July 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
June 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is legit what I feel like when helping others through redundancies in the games industry.

I'm working to prevent them from happening, but that's a MUCH longer project with the union work I'm doing.

Oh ya, JOIN A UNION. It's the only way we push back on this industry's bullshit.
June 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM